Uzoenyi now ‘Mr. double three’

After winning three Man-of-the-Match Awards back-to-back, CHAN Super Eagles talisman, Ejike Uzoenyi is now known as double three by teammates even as he says he did not win the awards alone but with the support of his mates.

“It’s like I’m still dreaming because when we were down by 3-0, it was like the world had ended and finally we started to come back and many said it may be impossible but see what God has done. Na God ooo, no be man”, he declared in local parlance.

Uzoenyi said while he gave the last award to his little son who was four years’ old the day Nigeria defeated the Bafana Bafana 3-1, he was dedicating this latest award to God. “If not for God, how could a team recover from 3-0 to come back and win 4-3? It was only God that did it and I want Nigerians to hold fast to him for the betterment of their lives”, he said.